around the world; throughout the world
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
older brother; elder brother
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
wheat straw; barley straw
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
escaping from prison; jailbreak
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
myself; yourself; I; me; you
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...